Cover Stars: The Song Remains the Same?

by Leigh Belz

I'm always into hearing a good cover song. And so far this year, there have been some terrific ones. Credit for this goes to BBC's Radio One Live Lounge which is a segment of the Jo Whiley Show. On Live Lounge, artists are encouraged to perform one of their own songs and then one cover. (For a list of covers that have been performed, go here.) The performances have been so popular that three albums of Live Lounge performances have been released already.

The Fray recently covered Kanye West's "Heartless" on Radio One-- and the response was so strong that the band released it as a digital single on iTunes (70,000 downloads sold and counting).

Check it out here:

Another standout is Natasha Khan (AKA Bat for Lashes)'s take on the Kings of Leon gem "Use Somebody":

And the Noisettes recently reimagined The Killers' "When You Were Young." Watch here: